A full bench of the Election Commission (EC) will visit Assam next week to review the preparedness for the upcoming Assembly election.
The EC team will be led by the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora.
As per a report, the CEC will be accompanied by two Election Commissioners: Sushil Chandra and Rajiv Kumar. They are scheduled to arrive in Assam on March 22 and will hold a series of meetings in the poll-bound state.
Election Commission (EC) will study the preparations for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections.
The Commission will first arrive in Guwahati and then leave for Tezpur. There the team will attend a meeting reviewing the latest preparation and present scenario.
The meeting will be attended by EC’s three special general, police and expenditure observers, Assam Chief Electoral Officer Nitin Khade, State Police Nodal Officer Deepak Kedia, Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) Coordinator, and various Divisional Commissioners. Deputy Inspector General of Police of different regions and other officials would also attend the meeting.
Election Commission (EC) team after returning to Guwahati from Tezpur, will another review meeting with Assam Chief Electoral Officer Nitin Khade.
Elections to the 126-member Assam Assembly will be held in three phases.
Phase one will see polling for 47 constituencies on March 27 while in the second phase, polling would be held for 39 seats on April 1.
The remaining 40 constituencies will go to the polls on April 6.
Results will be declared on May 2 in the five states –Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Puducherry besides Assan and West Bengal.
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